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Brit to Palin: Drop Dead: or, By George, I Think She’s Got It!

September 21, 2008 - 8:26 am - by Roger Kimball
Nine-of-Diamonds
2008-09-23 18:19:33

Regardless of whether or not we agree with Hazel she is right about one thing – Individualism and the transnational progressive bureaucracy cannot coexist. I am sure that many readers are aware of how Britain, Europe, and their former colonies are steadily encroaching on citizens’ rights. “Human Rights” commissions in Canada to prosecute “Anti-Islamic” writers. Children detained in the UK for complaining about Muslim students’ behavior. Pastors locked up for criticizing homosexuality. The guiding principles behind many modern European states are

1) promotion of separatist ideologies amongst favored victim groups,

and

2) compulsive regulation to keep the population docile and litigators/gov’t functionaries wealthy.

No wonder the Obamessiah fawns over Europe. The Continent has already implemented much of the social engineering that he thinks the US needs.